Brynja

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Female Name

Usage

Icelandic
Faroese
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Old Norse brynja = 'coat of mail, armour, protection' (see also BRYN) ^{[1] [2]}

Related Names

Brynja	♀

Combinations

For combinations see BRYN (name element)

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Brynja
Accusative:	Brynju
Dative:	Brynju
Genitive:	Brynju

- Faroese
Nominative:	Brynja
Accusative:	Brynju
Dative:	Brynju
Genitive:	Brynju

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1934 ^[3]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Denmark[4]		34	n.a.	0	n.a
Sweden[5]		13	20	0	0
Norway[6]		6	19	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	4	n.a	4
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Brynja.

Sources: ^{[5] [4] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi